Full Text of SR1908 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Bill Grimshaw, who passed away on March | 4 | | 30, 2016 at the age of 77; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Bill Grimshaw grew up near Belmont Avenue and | 6 | | Clifton Avenue in Chicago; his parents were Elmer Grimshaw and | 7 | | Violet Teppo Grimshaw; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Bill Grimshaw attended Lane Tech and Lake View | 9 | | High Schools before serving in the United States Army in | 10 | | France; after returning to Chicago, he studied at Wright Junior | 11 | | College; in 1962, he entered the University of Chicago, where | 12 | | he earned a political science degree; while working at | 13 | | Chicago's main post office, he met Jacquelyne Lane, whom he | 14 | | married in 1964; in 1973, he and his wife moved to Greenwood, | 15 | | where they lived until 2009; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, After college, Bill Grimshaw taught political | 17 | | science at the Illinois Institute of Technology for 30 years; | 18 | | he was also a visiting associate professor at the University of | 19 | | Chicago; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Bill Grimshaw and his wife were instrumental in | 21 | | the election of Harold Washington, the city's first black |
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| 1 | | mayor, in 1983; the Grimshaws and other campaign workers | 2 | | studied precincts where voters had rejected other candidates | 3 | | and targeted those areas with volunteers, campaign literature, | 4 | | and appearances by future Mayor Washington; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Bill Grimshaw was the author of the 1995 book, | 6 | | "Bitter Fruit: Black Politics and the Chicago Machine, | 7 | | 1931-1991", which is still regarding as a classic in the field | 8 | | in Chicago politics; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Bill Grimshaw enjoyed breeding Rottweilers; | 10 | | originally planning to sell them, he became so attached that he | 11 | | could not bring himself to do so; they eventually found homes | 12 | | for the dogs, except the matriarch, Jasper, and her strongest | 13 | | puppy, Bruiser; he also enjoyed Haagen-Dazs Rocky Road ice | 14 | | cream, reading the works of Raymond Chandler and Elmore | 15 | | Leonard, talking politics at the Valois Restaurant, spending | 16 | | summers at the Wisconsin Dells, and spending time with his | 17 | | family; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Bill Grimshaw is survived by his wife, Jacquelyne; | 19 | | his daughter, Kim Grimshaw Bolton; his son, Chris; his brother, | 20 | | Alan; and four grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 22 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his |
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| 1 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Bill Grimshaw; and be | 2 | | it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of Bill Grimshaw as an expression of | 5 | | our sympathy.
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